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butterfly chocolate mint pie

(2 ratings)
Recipe by
Jeanine Stennett
Des Moines, IA

This is another recipe from my Aunt Thelma.

(2 ratings)
prep time 25 Min

Ingredients For butterfly chocolate mint pie

  • 1/4 lb
    oreo cookies, crushed (about 20 cookies)
  • 1/2 c
    melted butter
  • 1 pkg
    large, instant chocolate pudding mix
  • 1 c
    milk
  • 1/2 tsp
    mint extract
  • 1 pt
    vanilla ice cream
  • 1 pkg
    knox gelatin dissolved in 2 tablespoons cool water
  • 1/2 c
    chopped pecans
  • 1 c
    heavy cream, whipped
  • 1 Tbsp
    sugar
  • 1/4 tsp
    mint extract

How To Make butterfly chocolate mint pie

  • 1
    Mix oreo cookies and melted butter, and pat into a 9 inch pie pan. Then mix filling ingredients together, and pour into crust. Just before serving, whip cream sugar and mint extract and pile on pie with mint sprigs and butterflies.
  • 2
    To make butterflies - draw 1 wing on cardboard, tracing 10 on waxed paper, some both ways. Pour melted chocolate over drawings. Now fold wax paper several times and fold into an "M" lay a pair of wings pulled off paper on slant. Pour more chocolate for a body.

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